15Synonyms found for moan

Word Origin & History

moan early 13c., as a noun, "complaint, lamentation," probably related to O.E. mænan "complain, moan," also "tell, intend," from P.Gmc. *main- (but OED discounts this connection). Meaning "long, low inarticulate murmur from some prolonged pain" is first recorded 1670s. The verb is first attested early 15c. as "to complain," 1724 as "to make a low, mournful sound." Related: Moaned; moaning.

Example Sentences for moaning

Several colleagues were having a moaning session about the company.

Their talk shows are filled with angry listeners moaning about the government.

State government is not simply wringing its hands and moaning about lack of funding for healthcare initiatives.

Moments later, he could not pick them out from the quiet moaning of other churchgoers, buried but alive.